Nigerians have returned to the
polls to elect their state governors and legislators as well councillors for
the six federal capital territory (FCT) Area councils.
The electorate will vote for
1,082 candidates for the various positions, two weeks after the February 23
presidential and national assembly elections.
The positions include governors
in 29 states and 991 members of state houses of assembly as well as the six
chairmen and 62 councillors for the area Councils in the FCT.
The governorship election is
taking place in 29 states as the elections in remaining seven other states of
Edo, Kogi, Ondo, Ekiti, Anambra, Osun and Bayelsa were staggered and already
conducted off-season by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
For the governorship election, at
least 1,063 candidates are contesting for the available 29 governorship seats.
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These include 64 governorship
candidates in Rivers, 44 in Plateau, Kaduna 38, Adamawa 29, Jigawa 18, Delta
50, Cross Rivers 26, Kebbi 31 and Ogun 41 candidates.
For instance, in Lagos, there are
45 candidates are vying for the governorship seat, while 640 candidates of
various parties are eyeing the 40 seats in the state house of assembly in the
election, also in Sokoto state, 51 political parties are contesting for
governorship and 462 state house of assembly candidates are participating in
the state election.
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The electorate in Adamawa will be
voting for 313 candidates for the governorship and state House of Assembly from
the 29 political parties participating in the exercise.
Kashim Gaidam, resident electoral
commissioner (REC) in Adamawa, told NAN that 29 candidates would be contesting
for the governorship, while 284 candidates from various political parties are
vying for the 25 state house of assembly seats.
Among the 29 contestants for
governorship seat are four women: Lami Musa of People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN),
Na’ama Bulama of Progressive People Alliance (PPA), Rukayya Audu of Action
People’s Party (APP) and Elizabeth Isa of Change Advocacy Party (CAP).
Also, 25 women are among the 284
candidates for the legislative poll.
In Katsina state 334 candidates,
comprising 18 for the governorship and 316 candidates contesting for the 34
state House of Assembly seats, while in Abia 32 candidates are contesting the
governorship and 353 candidates vying for the state 24-member legislature.
In Yobe, 163 candidates from
different political parties made up of 13 participating in governorship while
the rest 157 would feature in the state House of Assembly poll.
Also in Anambra, 518 candidates
are battling for the 30 assembly positions in the state.
In Kano state, 52 candidates are
gunning for the governorship and 769 candidates for the state assembly
election; and in Enugu state 42 candidates are in the governorship race, while
310 candidates are vying for the 24 legislature.
Also in Niger, 31 candidates are
battling for the governorship poll and 395 for the state house of assembly
election, while in Imo 67 candidates are jostling for the governorship slot and
981 are slugging for the 27 seats in the state House of Assembly.
Also in Ogun, 41 candidates are
contesting for the seat of governor while, 582 candidates are jostling for the
26 state constituencies.
For the FCT area council
election, a total of 105 candidates are contesting for the six chairmanship
positions while 701 candidates seek to occupy the 62 councillorship seats.
Similarly, 40 females are in the
race for the chairmanship positions, while 88 females are seeking to be elected
as councilors.
In addition to the state
elections into 1,082 constituencies nationwide, INEC is also conducting
supplementary elections in 14 States covering seven senatorial districts and 24
federal constituencies, alongside the governorship and state assembly elections.
Elections in the affected areas
were disrupted mainly by acts of violence including ballot box snatching,
abduction of INEC officials, over voting and failure to adhere to regulations
and guidelines in the national elections conducted on February 23.
While cancelling the affected
polls, the electoral ombudsman noted that number of registered voters in some
polling units involved in each constituency was more than the votes received by
some candidates with the highest number of votes, hence the need for supplementary
elections to determine the actual winners.
The election will hold at 119,973
polling units across the country, while collation of results will take place in
8,809 Registration Areas or Wards, 774 Local Government Areas, 36 States and
the FCT.
INEC maintains that the use of
smart card readers and permanent voter cards were compulsory for the elections.
The commission said the total
number of registered voters in the country is 84,004,084, with 44,405,439
(52.86 per cent) as male and 39,598,645 (47.14 per cent) as female.
It also said that 72,775,502 or
86.63 per cent of registered voters have collected their PVCs.
Meanwhile, INEC has postponed the
house of assembly election for the Nasarawa/Binyeri state constituency of Mayo
Belwa local government area in Adamawa following the death of a member of the
assembly, Adamu Kwanate, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the election.
Until his death on Wednesday,
Kwanate was the member representing the affected state constituency.
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